"Mr. Liu, let's get straight to the point. What is the purpose of this? You don't really want to buy our old equipment, do you?"
"Mr. Wu really made me guess. My main purpose of coming to Qingdao this time is to purchase these old shipbuilding equipment."
Wu Quan thought for a while and then said: "Mr. Liu, you have to think carefully. These shipbuilding equipment are not worth much. After all, they have been used for decades. But if you want to dismantle them safely, and
It would cost a lot of money to move space for them."
Liu Hai didn't know this truth, but no matter what, it was much cheaper than buying new shipbuilding equipment.
"We plan to sell these equipment to Africa. People there really can't afford new equipment and want to develop their country, so they buy old equipment back. I think Mr. Wu can also understand the distress of African brothers. Now
Lower the price for me. If it’s reasonable, I’ll contract out the dismantling project this time to Mr. Wu’s company.”
Wu Quan's eyes lit up after hearing this. These old equipment can be sold for up to 10 million, but if you want to dismantle these equipment and transport them to a designated place, you will probably have to spend so much money. It will also be enough for your company to make a lot of money.
A sum of money.
"Boss Liu, at such a young age, I didn't expect to have such great courage. If Boss Liu is so sincere, then I won't be pretentious. We have made this deal."
After Wu Quan said this, he called his secretary and asked him to contact a restaurant outside. After discussing the contract, he invited Liu Hai to have a drink.
The two people then entered into the details of the negotiation, but in fact this negotiation was quite simple. Wu Quan's company had already entrusted a special person to evaluate these old equipment. According to the scrap iron price, it was more than 1 million.
, if we sell it as used equipment? It would be good to sell it for eight to nine million.
One was willing to sell and the other was sincere to buy, so the two parties quickly agreed on the price. Liu Hai had purchased all of this batch of equipment for 8 million yuan. In addition, Wu Hai's company was entrusted to dismantle and move these equipment in the near future. The cost also reached
8 million yuan.
However, dismantling the equipment is a big project, and the other company promised to complete it within a month, and then store the equipment in the warehouse at the Qingdao pier. Liu Hai could just pick up the goods directly.
After discussing the details of the contract, Wu Quan invited Liu Hai to have dinner at the hotel he had booked to connect with her.
Regarding these social events, Liu Hai had experienced it many times in the Qing Dynasty, so it can be said that he was familiar with it.
So the two parties enjoyed the meal as guest and host. In the afternoon, the two parties formally signed the contract, and Liu Hai also transferred the first advance payment of 5 million yuan to the other party's account.
At this point, the deal for this store has been concluded, and Liu Hai only needs to wait a month to receive the equipment at the Qingdao pier.
After Liu Hai left, he returned to the hotel where he lived, took out the list of equipment given to him by Wu Quan, and went through it carefully.
When he saw it, he suddenly thought, this is not a shipyard, this is obviously a small town. The equipment here includes a power plant, a training ground, a mechanical processing plant, and then there are slipway equipment and shipbuilding equipment.
Liu Hai is now satisfied. With these things, plus the information he purchased last time, he may no longer need to spend money to buy special equipment from Zhang Tao.
Liu Hai took a flight back to City T the next day. When Liu Hai came back, he found that the iron ore and oil had been transported. Liu Hai wanted to check his account and found that there was another US$100 million.
Sure enough, you can make more money by buying ore and buying and selling antiques. If you buy antiques, you are afraid that others will check your origins. Moreover, if there are too many antiques, the price will fall. However, everyone does not have this worry when buying iron ore. As long as it is
The world cannot develop without iron ore.
Liu Hai was very satisfied and once again bought a batch of Co-trimoxazole tablets to take back as payment for the goods in the United States.
After that, Liu Hai collected some historical information about the Qing Dynasty plane. With this information, Liu Hai was able to prescribe the right medicine and deal with it in advance.
After Liu Hai prepared his things, he successfully returned to the Qing Dynasty plane from the modern plane.
It was now the end of 1888 in the Qing Dynasty, and Liu Hai also received a telegram from Liu Yu from London, and the contract for the cruisers ordered from Britain had also been signed.
The Collingwood-class ironclad has also been successfully built and is undergoing its final round of sea trials. Once the sea trials are completed, Liu Yu will pilot the largest ship in Asia back to Nanyang.
Liu Hai has calmed down, but things have not changed according to his will. As Zeng Guoquan gets older and older, his health has become worse and worse. In the past few days, Liu Hai has been sent to Zeng Guoquan.
I read a letter and learned that Zeng Guoquan was ill in bed again.
If it weren't for the panacea Liu Hai sent over, which still had some effect, he would have been in trouble this time, and he probably wouldn't have lived until 1890 in history.
Zeng Guoquan seemed to have felt something. After he recovered from his illness, he immediately sent a telegram to Liu Hai, asking him to go to Nanjing immediately.
After Liu Hai received the telegram, he thought something had happened to Zeng Guoquan and did not dare to neglect. He immediately took a cruiser and rushed to Nanjing in one day, and then hurriedly entered the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion.
When Liu Hai saw Zeng Guoquan, he only saw him half lying on the bed, and the concubine next to him was feeding him millet porridge that night.
When Zeng Guoquan saw Liu Hai coming, he reluctantly smiled and waved to him.
Liu Hai quickly stepped forward and came to Zeng Guoquan's side, "What teachings does your father-in-law have?"
Zeng Guoquan waved to the concubine and asked her to go out. The concubine took a peek at her bangs, put down the bowl, and bowed out of Zeng Guoquan's bedroom.
When only Weng and his son-in-law were left in the house, Zheng Guoquan gasped and said, "I think it's impossible now. What are your plans for the future?"
It turns out that Zeng Guoquan has already seen that Liu Hai is not different from others.
Liu Hai hesitated for a moment, and then said: "In the future, if the emperor is wise, I will naturally assist you with all my strength to make the Qing Dynasty shine in the world."
Zeng Guoquan glanced at Liu Hai in surprise. He thought that Liu Hai would definitely say something treasonous and unethical. He didn't expect that these words were somewhat loyal and patriotic. But when he thought about it, what he said was that your Majesty is wise. If you are a foolish king,
, then what should we do?
"What if His Majesty is not virtuous and the heroine is in charge?"
Liu Hai was silent for a long time, and finally said firmly: "I will replace you."
Zeng Guoquan laughed non-stop when he heard this, and finally started to cough a little. Liu Hai quickly went over to support Zeng Guoquan and patted his back to ease his discomfort.
Zeng Guoquan's laughter gradually stopped, and then he glanced at Liu Hai appreciatively, "When the bandits were suppressed, I persuaded my brother to replace him and restore Chinese clothes. As a result, my brother was loyal to the court and refused to listen to me, so he lost a great opportunity.
But in my opinion, this leaves you with capital."
Liu Hai listened to Zeng Guoquan's words and thought for a moment, isn't it like this? Back then, Zeng Guofan was a rebel, and he was probably able to cross the river at most. Now, with his own ability and ability to travel through time and space, coupled with the political legacy left by the Zeng family
Heritage, if it goes wrong, it can really take China by storm.
Zeng Guoquan took a breath here, calmed down his excitement, and finally said: "You don't have to worry about whether your Majesty is wise, just do what you want to do in your heart. In my opinion, even if your Majesty is wise, you can't beat the wise one."
The old Buddha in Cining Palace."
"I will summon the generals in a few days and hand over the command of the Hunan Army to you. From now on, the whole generation of the Hunan Army will depend on you. From now on, whether it is good or bad, it will all be decided by you."
Liu Hai was shocked after hearing Zeng Guoquan's words. He did not expect that decades had passed and the Zeng family still controlled the Hunan Army.
"Father-in-law, can these veterans of the Hunan Army really obey my son-in-law's orders?"
Zeng Guoquan smiled confidently, "Don't worry, among the remaining people in the Hunan Army, I have already removed those thorns. The rest are content with the status quo, as long as it does not affect their glory."
They don't care about wealth or who is in power."
"Then you select some capable ones among the younger generations of the Hunan Army and take charge of the army again to train the soldiers. I think a year or two will be able to be put to your use."
Liu Hai now understood that Zeng Guoquan wanted him to spend money to support these people, and then reorganize the army to improve combat effectiveness, so that these new Hunan troops could become his arms.
After hearing this, Liu Hai finally nodded and agreed to accept the descendants of the Hunan Army.
In fact, Liu Hai wanted to start a new one, because the troops left to watch the Hunan Army were already rotten, and it would be much harder to reform them than to recruit and train new troops.
Zeng Guoquan is very satisfied with Liu Hai's attitude. He has already seen that among the younger generations of the Hunan Army, only Liu Hai can still make some progress. The others are either walking cats and dogs or content with enjoying themselves. When they, the old people of the Hunan Army,
Now that they are all gone, the Hunan Army will fall apart.
If Liu Hai, a rising star, comes to take charge of the overall situation, he can also revive the Hunan Army. With this power, Liu Hai can also occupy a position in the future Qing Empire.
"I heard that you have ordered a few more cruisers in the UK. Is this relevant?"
"I can't hide anything from my old father-in-law. I ordered 6 more cruisers in the UK. I want to use these 6 cruisers as escorts for the two battleships, so that I can be safer at sea in the future."
Zeng Guoquan sighed, pointed at his bangs and said: "You, you, you are too hasty. Don't you think that the imperial court gathered the power of the whole country to form Beiyang, and you single-handedly established Nanyang, which is almost the same as Beiyang."
Navy, what do you want the gentlemen in the court to think?"
When Liu Hai heard this, he got excited. It seemed that he was not thinking well. He only wanted to quickly expand the strength of Nanyang, but he did not expect that the Qing Dynasty was still in the Qing Dynasty. Some things could not be decided by Zeng Guoquan alone.